Out & About:Farah al Bahr festival 2009

The Anna Lindh Foundation held the Farah El-Bahr 2-days festival, the first annual Mediterranean cultural festival taking place at Qaitbey Citadel in Alexandria. The programme constituted of a variety of cultural activities, including traditional dancing of Palestine and Greece, theatre performances, storytelling and handicrafts presented by artists from around Egypt including Cairo, Assiout, Siwa and Port Said.Furthermore, gastronomy also featured in the Festival and was presented both through traditional Egyptian cuisine and demonstrated by members of foreign communities living in Egypt.

In the picture above, THAT was my cotton candy :) Luv it !!

During the Anna Lindh Festival a number of special activities was dedicated to children including puppet shows, henna tattoos, caricature artists, calligraphy, kite flying, a fire blower and a magician.In the evenings renowned contemporary Egyptian bands including Massar Egbari, Sout fl Zahma, Nas Makan, Station Band and the Egyptian artist Ahmed El-Sawy performed within the Citadel. The festival also included a joint performance between the Egyptian artist Mohamed Antar and the Spanish guitarist Fernando Perez who presented a fusion between traditional Egyptian music and Euro-Mediterranean music.

I hope this year's festival will be as exciting as the previous one!!

5 Things I can't live without!

Here are the 5 things I can't live with out;

1- Water: I drink around 2 litres per day. No amount of tea, juice or whatever drink could substitute for my need of water.
2-Wrist-Watch: I am very much time dependant, it sometimes really gets on my nerves, but it's difficult to change certain traits within us. Even when on a holiday, with no schedule of what so ever, I still need to see and feel my watch on my hand.
3-A Book: yup, I am a book worm :)
4-Internet: Need I say something about that!! Internet is where I read, learn, play,share, connect,listen,discover,and virtually visit places.
5-Belila =D : It's an Egyptian food, that one usually has for breakfast.Some countries, call it Pearl barley. It's basically cooked whole wheat grain, with added warm milk, and sweetened with sugar. some top it with cinnamon or coconut. I Love it. I eat it whenever I get hungry, & I never get bored of it.

**Check out Rei's 5 Things I can't live without ,turns out we have ONE in common :)

**Also, there's Booth's , that was interesting :)

** And Cladyns'

6 Steps to the Sun

If only things were that easy, and goals were that near...

checkered art

Supposed to be doing some mathematical problems, but ...ah well, it's always when I'm supposed to be working that I get more on the artistic side within me =)

My first cake !!

I'm not into the kitchen at all. Yet, mum was coming from abroad, and I didn't know what to do to welcome her...my bro suggested making a cake. and what a success it was !!

German: Bilder von dir

Ever since I started learning German, I found that listening to songs while reading their lyrics is a very helpful way to memorize vocab and an already built sentence.Specially if it has a nice tune that would stick to your mind. I would recommend this method to anyone who's taking a new language course, you'll be ahead of your mates in the course ;)
This is the first German singer I've ever tried listening to, Laith Al-deen, this song is called, Bilder von dir or "Pictures of you". Enjoy :D



210-laith Al-deen - Bilder Von Dir

Instrumenal : Don't lose your mind

The most Famous Egyptian composer & pianist, Omar Khairat. This is a track called " Don't lose your mind".Starting 3:02 is my favourite part in this piece. Enjoy :D




06 - Omar Khairat [ Don't Lose Your Mind]

Out & About: Green Plaza

Yesterday I took my siblings to Green Plaza, to see Toy Story 3 at the Cineplex.

I love this place because it's open, and green. I'm not claustrophobic,but why go to a mall, with all these people walking under the same roof, when you have a spacious open air place to have a walk , shop or dine at the same places you'd find at the mall !!

l;

There's all the usual brand shops, and some regular ones.

We dined at Pizza Hut,

Then there are the numerous cafes where you can sit and enjoy a drink, dessert or whatever you want while watching people pass by. or if it was the World Cup season, like now, you can watch the game on the big screens with alot of football fans around you.. I personally hate football. It makes people act so irrationally .

I love this flower shop.. It always brings a sense of joy to me , just watching it and watching people go in and come out with different bouquets ,wondering who they are ment to be given to :)

This colourfull, castle-like building is Karamantas, the gaming area in the Plaza.I enjoy it most with my friends, my favouritees are , air hockey and the laser storm. There is also bowling, crashing cars, video games, trampoline,..etc

The top level "2nd level" of the plaza is dedicated to the Hilton Hotel.

It's a nice place to stay in, since you're basically surrounded by everything.



"Piece of Egypt", the antique shop.

And we finished off the day by some ice-cream. I had a pistachio and mango ice-cream :D

The place seems a bit deserted, because it was before 3pm.. people start storming in around that time. But I'm an early person, so we started our day at 11 am. Almost everyone was still asleep at home.